Kachiya Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Kachiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Zambia | 50 | 1:316,998 | 17,478 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kachiya (198) may also be a first name.
Kachiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kachiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kachiya (Hindi: कचिया, Marathi: काफीया) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kachiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachiya? popularity and diffusion
Kachiya is the 823,466th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kachiya live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 644,447th most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 198 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Beside Malawi Kachiya is found in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and Zambia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kachiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kachiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कचिया | kaciya | 89.47 |
| काचीया | kaciya | 5.26 |
| कच्िया | kaciya | 5.26 |
| Kachiya in the Marathi language | ||
| काफीया | kaphiya | 66.67 |
| काचीया | kaciya | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kachiya
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